The Olive Tree

Overview

Alma’s family has been producing quality olive oil in the Baix Maestrat area of Spain’s Castellón for generations. Yet changing pressures in the industry have made their traditional practices economically untenable, and the family is now in the mass-production poultry business. Alma’s grandfather has not spoken in years. Sadness envelopes him, and he no longer wants to eat. His sons—Alma’s father and uncle—are impatient with him, but Alma understands her grandfather. She realizes he has been grieving for a thousand-year-old olive tree that the family has uprooted and sold to pay some debts. (A sadly common reality in Castellón at present.) Unable to bear the idea that her grandfather could die without seeing this terrible wrong corrected, Alma undertakes a quixotic mission to locate the tree and return it to the family orchard, so that her grandfather may have peace in his final days.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 6, 2016

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

German, Spanish

Countries

Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Spain

Production

FFA,Entertainment One,Seville International,Deutscher Filmförderfonds,TVE,MEDIA Programme of the European Union,ICAA,Eurimages,Movistar+,Film- und Medienstiftung NRW,The Match Factory,Morena Films,Natixis Coficiné,Olivo La Película,El

Cast

Anna Castillo,Javier Gutiérrez,Pep Ambròs,Manuel Cucala,Miguel Ángel Aladrén,Carme Pla,Ana Isabel Mena,María Romero,Paula Usero,Janina Agnes Schröderand 27 more

Director

Icíar Bollaín

Writer

Paul Laverty

Producer

Juan Gordon,Pilar Benito,Pedro Uriol

Cinematography

Sergi Gallardo

Music

Pascal Gaigne

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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